MOOR & SON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06486673 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-29

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 17.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.2y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 17.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Average employees	2	200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement
• 2 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement
• 2 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-05-31
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confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-03-31
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officers · CH03
2026-03-31
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officers · CH01
2025-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
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accounts · AA
2024-02-20
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officers · RP04AP01
2023-12-04
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officers · CH01
2023-12-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-04
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officers · CH01
2023-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
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accounts · AA
2022-01-24
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officers · AP01
2022-01-11
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MOOR, Carol appointed
director
2021-07-29
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accounts · AA
2020-11-12
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2019-11-01
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2018-09-26
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2009-03-24
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2008-01-29
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Company incorporated
As MOOR & SON LIMITED
2008-01-29
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MOOR, Janet Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2008-01-29
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MOOR, Janet Elizabeth appointed
director
2008-01-29
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MOOR, William Guy appointed
director
2008-01-29
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MOOR, William Lillico appointed
director
2008-01-29
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CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-01-29
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CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-01-29
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CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2008-01-29
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CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

88/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MOOR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

43/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MOOR, Carol (same surname) appointed 2022-01-11. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr William Lillico Moor Individual · British · DOB 02/1948 · age 78	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Janet Elizabeth Moor Individual · British · DOB 09/1947 · age 79	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr William Guy Moor Individual · British · DOB 03/1971 · age 55	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2008-01-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

17 Walkergate

Berwick-Upon-Tweed

Northumberland

TD15 1DJ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-12

Last: 2026-01-29